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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 214.18-0.5%Dec 31 3:59 PM EST

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To: fastpathguru who wrote (260418)5/19/2009 12:52:17 PM
From: Elmer PhudRead Replies (2) of 275872
 
Lower prices, PLUS LOWER UNITS, because they can't bribe OEMs to take only their processors any more.

Even if you were correct, this isn't 2005 anymore. Let's fast forward to today. Intel dual socket out performs AMD 4 socket in virtually every category and the pain is only going to get worse.

Intel to launch 8-core server chip
by Brooke Crothers

Intel is expected to introduce an 8-core processor for the high-end server market next week.

The 8-core "Nehalem-EX" Xeon processor is designed for servers that can use more than two processors (referred to as "sockets" in server argot). Currently, Intel is shipping Nehalem Xeon processors for servers with two sockets.

Nehalem is the same architecture used in Intel's Core i7 desktop processor line.

The Nehalem-EX is expected to become Intel's top-line Xeon processor. Currently, the six-core "Dunnington" processor, based on Intel's older Penryn architecture, is Intel's highest-performance chip for multi-processor servers.

Nehalem-EX packs 2.3 billion transistors and its eight cores are capable of executing 16 threads (or tasks) at the same time. The chip also has "integrated power gates" for lowering power-consumption.

The announcement is slated for May 26. Boyd Davis, Intel's general manager of Server Platforms Marketing Group, will host the roll-out event and "discuss how this new server product raises the standard in cost-effective RISC replacement solutions," according to an Intel note about the event.


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